The Art of the Portrait Tri-State Exhibition

Exciting news and a wonderful opportunity!!!

Kathryn Richardson, one of the Oklahoma State Ambassadors, made a connection at the Oklahoma Hall of Fame which after much communication and planning, we will be hosting our Fall Portrait Academy at the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in the Gaylord-Pickens Museum in Oklahoma City, OK on October 4-5, 2019.

Faculty Rose Frantzen and Jeff Hein will present a portrait painting demonstration on Friday night and teach drawing workshops all day on Saturday. Portrait Academy attendees will select to participate in either Rose’s or Jeff’s drawing workshop, like the drawing workshops at the conference. The cost for the Portrait Academy is $189 for both days, or $35 for Friday’s demonstration only.

In conjunction with the Portrait Academy, we will be hosting “The Art of the Portrait Tri-State Exhibition,” also at the Gaylord-Pickens Museum. This juried exhibition is open only to artists living in the states of Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico, and they do not have to be a member of the Portrait Society of America to enter. For a fee of $25, artists can submit up to three works through the online entry form to be juried into the exhibition. More details are available in the attached Prospectus. 

Here are the important dates and schedule of events:

·  August 12, 2019- Online entry deadline to submit artwork for the exhibition

·  August 19, 2019- Notification of acceptance into exhibition

·  September 6, 2019, 9:00am-5:00pm- Artwork drop off

·  September 12, 2019- Exhibition Opens

·  October 4, 2019

o 5:00-7:00pm — Free Public Exhibit and Awards Reception in Tulsa World | Lorton Family Gallery

o 7:00-9:00pm — Portrait Demo with Rose Frantzen and Jeff Hein (Ticketed Event in Bennet-McClendon Great Hall)

·  October 5, 2019

o 9:00am-4:30pm — Drawing Workshops with Rose Frantzen and Jeff Hein (in the Devon Classroom or Bennet-McClendon Great Hall)

·  November 22, 23 or 25, 2019, 9:00am-5:00pm — Artists Retrieve Artworks from Exhibition

Please spread the word about this wonderful opportunity for the tri-states area with every portrait artist you know. They do not have to be a member of PSoA!

See prospectus below.